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Sully Gomez was known as a nice guy. I just hoped I was also known as a good detective. I stretched my right leg and shook it a little. The leg felt better. "Sit down, LaTosha," I said. "I need to know a few other things before I can get started."
Sully and LaTosha need to ____________.
hide
talk
hurry
cook
"Maybe this show can save Duz," Pamela said. "Remember DumWump, the TV clown. His career was at rock bottom before he went on that show. Now he's a star again.
Duz needed ____________.
help
friends
lunch
money
Dad had been right about the wind. The minute we turned the corner onto Broadway an icy blast roared up the back of my jacket. I didn't care, though. I was too excited.
I did not mind the ________________.
cold
traffic
horse
rain
My mother, Laurel Clark, is an astronaut. Astronauts go into space. She went to space in January. It was her first time. She went with a crew. My mom had to train hard before she could go into space. She spent a lot of time in a mock, or fake, shuttle. The mock shuttle is just like the real shuttle inside.
She had to ______________.
practice
listen
speak
draw
He could not cross the Pacific alone. He needed five strong men to help. Thor found four of them in Norway. Their names were Knut, Erik, Torstein, and Herman. The other man, Bengt, came from Sweden.
They would go _____________.
outside
quickly
together
hungry
Cal stepped up to take his turn. He was a good bowler, Jenny saw. He took the game more seriously than the other three.
Cal was ___________.
competitive
helpful
edgy
tall
"You'll have to clean up some when we get there, Bill," Curt laughed. "Or they won't let us in to eat anywhere! And we can't miss Natchez catfish! Best there is!"
Bill is too _____________.
dirty
sleepy
noisy
heavy
In 1880, Wilson Bentley took his microscope out in the snow. He loved looking at snowflakes with it. They were beautiful and always different. He tried sketching them. But they melted quickly. So he combined his microscope with a camera. Bentley took snowflake pictures for nearly 50 years.
Bentley liked to _________ snowflakes.
study
follow
build
buy
A mother cat can have between two to five kittens at once. She carries them for 60-70 days. They are very small. The mother must feed them. She cares for them until they are six weeks old.
They are _________________.
bears
babies
clowns
friends
He found a ship that was going to New York. The captain agreed to take him along. Ben sold his books to raise a little money. And in the fall of 1723 he sailed away.
Ben had a _____________.
plan
secret
key
story
Children's House was on top of a hill. It was really a group of five buildings. They sat close together in a semi-circle. The grounds around the buildings were lush and green.
Th setting of the Children's House was. __________________
dirty
cold
pretty
lonely
"It's a bad thing you've done," Diggory said in a whisper. "Its a bad, bad thing! Don't you know you're never to cross the captain? He's lord and master on his ship. Keep your head down. Stay out of his way till he's cooled off. If he finds you now, there's no telling what he might do."
The captain is _____________.
sad
angry
tall
slow
Children's House was on top of a hill. It was really a group of five buildings. They sat close together in a semi-circle. The grounds around the buildings were lush and green.
Th setting of the Children's House was. __________________
dirty
cold
pretty
lonely
"It's a bad thing you've done," Diggory said in a whisper. "Its a bad, bad thing! Don't you know you're never to cross the captain? He's lord and master on his ship. Keep your head down. Stay out of his way till he's cooled off. If he finds you now, there's no telling what he might do."
The captain is _____________.
sad
angry
tall
slow
A fox fell into a well and couldn’t get out. By and by a thirsty goat came along. Seeing the fox in the well it asked if the water was good. “Good”, said the fox. “It’s the best water I’ve tasted in all my life. Come down and try it yourself. “The goat thought of nothing but how thirsty he was. So he jumped into the well. When he had drunk enough he looked around but there was no way to get out. Then the fox said, “I have a good idea. You stand on your hind legs and put your forelegs against the side of the well. Then I’ll climb on your back, from there I’ll step on your horns, and I can get out. And when I’m out I’ll help you out of the well.” The goat did as he was asked and the fox got on his back and so out of the well. Then he coolly walked away. The goat called out loudly after him out. The fox merely turned to him and said, “If you only has as much sense in your head as you have hairs in your beard you wouldn’t have jumped into the well without making sure that you could get out again.
What is the type of the text above?
Procedure
Report
Recount
Narrative
A fox fell into a well and couldn’t get out. By and by a thirsty goat came along. Seeing the fox in the well it asked if the water was good. “Good”, said the fox. “It’s the best water I’ve tasted in all my life. Come down and try it yourself. “The goat thought of nothing but how thirsty he was. So he jumped into the well. When he had drunk enough he looked around but there was no way to get out. Then the fox said, “I have a good idea. You stand on your hind legs and put your forelegs against the side of the well. Then I’ll climb on your back, from there I’ll step on your horns, and I can get out. And when I’m out I’ll help you out of the well.” The goat did as he was asked and the fox got on his back and so out of the well. Then he coolly walked away. The goat called out loudly after him out. The fox merely turned to him and said, “If you only has as much sense in your head as you have hairs in your beard you wouldn’t have jumped into the well without making sure that you could get out again.
How wa the characteristic of the fox in this story?
clever
cunning
polite
generous
The loosing rooster slunk away and hid itself in a quiet corner. The winner flew up to a high wall, flapped its wings and crowed its victory, as loud as it could.
Suddenly, an eagle came sailing through the air and carried it off, with its talons. The loosing rooster immediately came out of its corner and ruled the farm yard from then on.
From the text we know that ....
What did Flopsy, Mopsy and Cotton-tail eat?
Weather reporters have to give out a lot of information. That's why they use pictures. The pictures help them tell us about the weather without using so many words. Weather reporters need to know where the cold air is. They need to know where the warm air is. They have to know where it is raining and what types of clouds are in the area. Their reports need to be correct, but they also need to be short. The pictures help weather reporters get the information out in a fast way.
Which sentence best describes the main idea of the paragraph?
Weather reporters need to know where the cold air is
Pictures help weather reporters get information out in a fast way
Their reports need to be correct, but they also need to be short
They have to know where it is raining and what types of clouds are in the area
What is the main idea?
